Butcher, David,
THE DRIFTERMEN.
Tops'l Books, Reading, 1979, 1st edn., hardback, 152pp, many in text half tone photo ills., in text line drawings and diagrams by Syd Brown, large format (9.5 x 7 inches) hardbacjk with laminated pictorial boards, an account of the life of the men who manned the drifters and the supporting trades, of the method used to catch the herring (the 'silver darlings'), one of the major sources of the prosperity of 19th century Lowestoft, told through the personal testimony of the men and women involved with the industry, lightly rubbed at extrems., slightly cocked, very good,

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